July 13, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – On Tuesday night, July 14, during a board meeting of the Montgomery Public Schools, a group of alumni, students and community members will call on members to eliminate Confederate iconography and rename...
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July 07, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The °Ä²Ê¿ª½± (°Ä²Ê¿ª½±) today released an update to its Whose Heritage report which tracks symbols of the Confederacy on public land across the United States: Total number of Confederate symbols...
July 01, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The °Ä²Ê¿ª½± Action Fund’s Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to President Trump’s tweet threatening to veto the Department of Defense Authorization bill if it includes the amendment...
June 30, 2020
JACKSON, Miss. – The following statement is regarding the passage of the HCR 47 conference report yesterday in the Mississippi Legislature, which will put a constitutional amendment on the November 2020 ballot to end the two-...
June 29, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The °Ä²Ê¿ª½± (°Ä²Ê¿ª½±) today released an update to its Whose Heritage report which tracks symbols of the Confederacy on public land across the United States: Total number of Confederate symbols...
June 28, 2020
JACKSON, Miss. — The °Ä²Ê¿ª½± Action Fund’s Mississippi Policy Director Brandon Jones released the following statement in response to the passage of HB 1796 by the Mississippi legislature to remove the Confederate battle emblem from...
June 27, 2020
JACKSON, Miss. — The °Ä²Ê¿ª½± Action Fund’s Brandon Jones released the following statement in response to the passage of House Concurrent Resolution 79 by the Mississippi legislature which clears the way for removal of the...
June 26, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The °Ä²Ê¿ª½± Action Fund’s Lecia Brooks released the following statement in response to Army leaders announcing that they will hold off on banning Confederate symbols and renaming installations currently named for...
June 24, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The °Ä²Ê¿ª½± (°Ä²Ê¿ª½±) today released an update to its Whose Heritage report which tracks public symbols of the Confederacy across the United States. The report shows that nearly 1,800...
June 19, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The °Ä²Ê¿ª½±â€™s Lecia Brooks issued the following statement after portraits of Confederate leaders Robert Hunter, James Orr, Howell Cobb, and Charles Crisp were removed from the U.S. Capitol...
